Judging Criteria
Sample Judging Sheet
Qualification as an Experiment
A. Were measurements made that allowed for comparisons? (yes or no)
B. Was something changed between measurements? (yes or no)
If either answer is no, enter the minimum score of 1 for criteria 2, 4, 6, and 8 below.
Use the weighting factors specified to arrive at the final scores for each of these criteria; e.g. the score for criterion 2 would be 1 x 2 = 2.
Judging Criteria
1. Quality of summary sheet or written report
2. Student found an inventive way to answer the experiment question (x2 pts)
3. Student made a good use if available background information
4. Student planned and executed experiment appropriately in obtaining results (x3 pts)
5. Student recorded data in appropriate ways. Uses metric measurements.
6. Student repeated observations and used controls
7. Student adequately described observations and recognized important occurrences
8. Student drew reasonable conclusions from the results (x2 pts)
9. Quality of oral presentation & response to inquiries
10. Quality of exhibit
11. Project represents student's own work to the extent appropriate for this age
12. Degree of topic creativity for this age
Total score ____________
1 - Need improvement, 2 - Satisfactory, 3 - Good, 4 - Excellent, 5 - Outstanding
*Students may choose not to be judged. They may display their project and boards with the other students and enjoy the fair day, but may not recieve a ribbon or prize.
